The New is The New
Indie boys telling you to read House of Leaves is the new indie boys telling you to read China
Mieville is the new indie boys telling you to listen to Pavement is the new indie boys telling you
to listen to My Bloody Valentine is the new indie boys wearing Moog tshirts is the new It’s
pronounced mogue is the new indie boys wearing flannel shirts is the new indie boys with one
shaved eyebrow is the new indie boys giving themselves tinnitus from standing too close to the
speakers at Lightning Bolt is the new indie boys telling you your fringe is the most interesting
thing about you is the new indie boys buying Polaroid cameras is the new indie boys telling you
this isn’t a date is the new indie boys telling you your little finger isn’t strong enough for bar
chords is the new indie boys with fisheye lenses is the new indie boys learning Swedish is the
new indie boys learning violin for their new folk-punk duo is the new indie boys telling you
aren’t technically minded enough to study music technology is the new indie boys only buying
vinyl because it sounds richer is the new indie boys telling you your voice has too much vibrato
is the new indie boys telling you you would need cheekbones like Cleopatra to carry off that
haircut.
Elizabeth McGeown is based in Belfast, Northern Ireland and has poems published or forthcoming in Banshee, Abridged and Under the Radar. She is the 2022 UK Poetry Slam Champion and her first collection ‘Cockroach’ is out with Verve in Summer 2022.
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